Parallel installation of Office 97 and Office 2000 on a W2k

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[garfield-n-odie]

I have old Office on my old computer and new Office on my new computer.
I decided against installing both versions on my new computer because:
1) have to rename shortcuts, 2) file association issues, and 3) if I had
easy access to old Office, I'd probably keep using it and never use new
Office.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Matt,

My PC has versions of Office going back to DOS ones <g>

Office 97 uses the older AcmeSetup for installation and
MS Office 2000 and higher uses MS Windows Installer (MSI)
When you switch to an Office 97 app (can't have multiple
Excel copies) the installer resets registry entries to make
that version current, but you don't see any dialogs to advise
you of that. When you next run a newer version you will see
an 'Installer preparing to run dialog' as that version switches
things back so that it can run correctly. In general, for the
scenario you outline, things should be okay for support purposes
although there could be some issues if you're using add-ins
in the two versions. Also, if you're trying to replicate
a specific error condition, then you may not see it in a mixed
environment (i.e. you may have a 'fixed'(updated) common DLL
in play, for example).

You may want to look at using MS Virtual PC setups with the
different versions of Office. There's a 45 day trial copy
available.
http://microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc

=========
Hi!
Thanks for your reply and tip!

I did a number of searches on support.microsoft.com but
missed that one! Very informative.

May I ask if your own experience is that there indeed are
no problems in real life than? Would you say that the
article cover everything essential?

The reason for the parallel installation is that we need
to give user support (mainly less complicated telephone
support) to users with different Excel versions.
The idea is that the operator should have the exact same
menus and dialogues as the caller.


Thanks again.
Matt >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp